Etymology
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intimacy (n.)

1640s, from intimate (adj.) + abstract noun suffix -cy. Sense of "sexual intercourse" attested from 1670s but modern use is from newspaper euphemistic use (1882).

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intimate (adj.)
1630s, "closely acquainted, very familiar," also "inmost, intrinsic," from Late Latin intimatus, past participle of intimare "make known, announce, impress," from Latin intimus "inmost, innermost, deepest" (adj.), also used figuratively, of affections, feelings, as a noun, "close friend;" superlative of in "in" (from PIE root *en "in"). Intimate (adj.) used euphemistically in reference to women's underwear from 1904. Related: Intimately.
-cy 
abstract noun suffix of quality or rank, from Latin -cia, -tia, from Greek -kia, -tia, from abstract ending -ia (see -ia) + stem ending -c- or -t-. The native correspondents are -ship, -hood.

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Definitions of intimacy

intimacy (n.)
close or warm friendship;
the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy
Synonyms: familiarity / closeness
intimacy (n.)
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship;
Synonyms: affair / affaire / liaison / involvement / amour
intimacy (n.)
a feeling of being intimate and belonging together;
Synonyms: closeness
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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